Family of Pewter Vanalstine and Alida Vanallen compiled by John A. Brebner for the Friends of Sandbanks 26th October, 2020 Generation One 1. (unidentified) Vanalstine #113098. He married (unidentified) #113099. Children: 2. i. Peter Vanalstine #80096 b. 1747. 3. ii. Cornelius Vanalstine #113100. Generation Two 2. Peter Vanalstine #80096, b. 1747 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, occupation 1775 Blacksmith, occupation Militia Captain, Major, Magistrate, religion Presbyterian (supposedly), d. 02 October 1812 in Adolphustown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario,1 buried in Loyalist Burying Ground, Adolphustown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario. Peter's ancestors emigrated from the Netherlands to New Amsterdam (New York) around 1640. Supported Loyalist cause with General Burgoyne. After that defeat in 1777, and the confiscation of his New York properties, he took refuge in Canada. He returned to British controlled New York City in 1778, where he was awarded the rank of Major with the Associated Loyalists. His family joined him there, and in 1783 they fled, first to Sorel, Quebec via the Hudson River and the Atlantic coast to the St. Lawrence River, and on to Sorel. His wife Alida died at Sorel in 1784. Interestingly, the Vanalstine party appears to have been the only group of Loyalists from New York that chose the sea route from New York, up the coast and up the Saint Lawrence to Sorel. Most of the other Loyalists to Upper Canada chose the inland route; up the Hudson to Albany, the Mohawk and its tributaries to Oswego, and thence across Lake Ontario to Kingston and Prince Edward County. The major advantage of this water passage was that these immigrants could carry far more personal possessions than those relying on the rudimentary trails of the overland route. Peter continued on to "Fourth Town", past Montreal and the Lachine Rapids, and west up the St. Lawrence River in those flat-bottomed "Batteaux" to Adolphustown with a group of fellow Loyalists, referred now as "The Van Alstine Party". 1796: Received land grant of 500 acres at Lake on the Mountain, Prince Edward County. The Kinderhook connection with the Aberdeen Brebner family is worth mentioning... more to follow here! He married Alida Van Allen #80097, September 1769 in Kinderhook?, d. August 1784 in Sorel, Quebec, Lower Canada. 1 Children: 4. i. Alexander Vanalstine #80098 b. 1770. 5. ii. Alida Vanalstine #80099 b. 02 March 1772. 6. iii. Cornelius Vanalstine #80100 b. c. 1774. 7. iv. Elbertje Van Alstine #80101 b. 1777. 8. v. Abram Van Alstine #80102 b. c. 1779. 3. Cornelius Vanalstine #113100. Generation Three 4. Alexander Vanalstine #80098, b. 1770 in Kinderhook, New York,2 baptized 11 November 1770 in Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Church,2 d. about 1813? in Glenora? . 1798: Lived in Adolphustown when married. Confirm all children, some sources suggest that there was only one son,... Death date based on marriage of widow Ursula Van ALSTINE in 1806... but this may be incorrect... He married Ursula Allen #80103, 26 June 1798 in Adolphustown?,3,4 b. 1775,5 (daughter of Joseph Allen #177873 [Captain, Associated Loyalists] and Gertrude Bound #177874), d. 1861.5 Ursula: 1798: Lived in Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario when married. Two sons. Children: 9. i. Peter Van Alstine #80104 b. 1800. 10. ii. Allen Van Alstine #80105. 11. iii. Eliza Van Alstine #80106. 5. Alida Vanalstine #80099, b. 02 March 1772 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York,6 baptized 02 March 1772 in Kinderhook, New York.7,2 . She married George Walden Meyers #80107, 05 May 1789 in St. John's Church, Ernestown, Ontario,3,6 b. 24 September 1765 in Wurtemburg, Rhinebeck County, NY,6 (son of John Walden Meyers #80201 [Military Captain] and Mary (Polly) Kruger #80202), d. 20 April 1836 in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario.6 George: 1811: Assumed ownership of stone mill at Glenora. 2 According to Pioneer Life, settled later in Sidney Township, Pioneer Life shows seven children. Confirm children Mary, Margaret and Catherine... Children: 12. i. Catherine Meyers #80210 b. 1796. 13. ii. Tobias Meyers #80109 b. 26 May 1798. 14. iii. Peter W. Meyers #80108. 15. iv. John G.W. Meyers #80110 b. c. 1800. 16. v. Rebecca Meyers #80111. 17. vi. Nancy W. Meyers #80112. 18. vii. Alida (Alley) Meyers #80113. 19. viii. Alice (Elley) Meyers #80114 b. 1800. 20. ix. Mary Meyers #80115. 21. x. Margaret Meyers #80148. 6. Cornelius Vanalstine #80100, b. c. 1774 in Kinderhook, New York,2 baptized 12 June 1774 in Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Church,2 occupation 1813 Glenora Mill Owner/Operator, d. 1862 in Adolphustown?, Ontario.3 . Please note that the event dates shown as births may be christenings... He married Rachel Dunham #80117, 29 December 1801 in Adolphustown, Ontario,3,4 (daughter of John Dunham #80118 and (unidentified) #80119), d. 01 January 1867.6 Children: 22. i. Alida Van Alstine #80120 b. 09 March 1803. 23. ii. Sarah Van Alstine #80121 b. 22 June 1804. 24. iii. Peter Van Alstine #80122 b. 30 August 1806. 25. iv. John Vanalstine #80123 b. 1808. 26. v. Abraham Vanalstine #80124 b. 07 May 1810. 27. vi. Lawrence Vanalstine #80125 b. 1812. 28. vii. George Van Alstine #80126 b. 22 August 1814. 29. viii. Mary Vanalstine #80127 b. 20 May 1816. 3 30. ix. Alexander Vanalstine #80128 b. 01 May 1818. 31. x. Martha Van Alstine #80129 b. 28 August 1823. 32. xi. (unidentified) Van Alstine #80130. 33. xii. William Henry Van Alstine #80131 b. 01 April 1826. 7. Elbertje Van Alstine #80101, b. 1777 in Kinderhook, New York,2 baptized 02 February 1777 in Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Church,2 d. in infancy. There is a baptismal record that suggests Elbertje was female. 8. Abram Van Alstine #80102, b. c. 1779 in Kinderhook?, d. in infancy. Generation Four 9. Peter Van Alstine #80104, b. 1800 in Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario, baptized 15 August 1800 in Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario.3 . 10. Allen Van Alstine #80105, b.3. 11. Eliza Van Alstine #80106, b.3. 12. Catherine Meyers #80210, b. 1796 in Hastings County, Ontario.6 . 13. Tobias Meyers #80109, b. 26 May 1798 in Sidney Township, Hastings County,3,6 d. 11 October 1887 in Sidney Township, Hastings County.6 . Settled in Sidney Township. He married Christiana Helen Yager #80213, b. 11 October 1807 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York,6 (daughter of (unidentified) Yager #80211 and (unidentified) #80212), d. 12 October 1900 in Sidney Township, Hastings County.6 Children: 34. i. George E. Meyers #112448. 35. ii. Alva P. Meyers #112456 b. 1833. 14. Peter W. Meyers #80108, b.3. Family settled in Sidney Township. He married Elizabeth Yager #80206, b. 28 March 1800 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York,6 (daughter of (unidentified) Yager #80211 and (unidentified) #80212). Children: 36. i. John Meyers #112441. 4 37. ii. George W. Meyers #112442. 38. iii. Alida Meyers #112443. 15. John G.W. Meyers #80110, b. c. 1800 in Upper Canada.3,6 . He married (1) Catherine Meyers #80214,6 d. before 1851.6 Children: 39. i. George W. Meyers #112501 b. 1834. 40. ii. Peter D. Meyers #112521. 41. iii. Tobias Meyers #112523. 42. iv. Harmon Meyers #112525. 43. v. Sarah M. Meyers #112527. 44. vi. Eliza Meyers #112529. 45. vii. Mary Meyers #112531. He married (2) Mary (Poll0 Row #80215, b. c 1810 in Upper Canada. 16. Rebecca Meyers #80111, b.3. She married Peter Vandervoort #80207, b. 09 June 1791,6 d. 05 August 1846.6 Peter: Family lived in Sidney Township. Children: 46. i. George Vandervoort #112533. 17. Nancy W. Meyers #80112, b.3. Did Nancy marry BURDETT? She married John Leonard W. Meyers #80208,6 (son of Leonard Walden Meyers #112413 and Lena Westfall #112415). John: Settled in the United States. 18. Alida (Alley) Meyers #80113, b.3. 5 She married Harmon Row #80216,6 b. 1772 in Dutchess County, New York,6 d. 24 May 1857 in Sidney Township, Hastings County. Harmon: Settled in Sidney Township. Children: 47. i. John Row #112534. 19. Alice (Elley) Meyers #80114, b. 1800 in Adolphustown, Ontario, baptized 29 June 1800 in Adolphustown, Ontario.3,4 . She married George Westfall #80209.6 George: Moved to the western United State. 20. Mary Meyers #80115, b.3. She married James Vandervoort #80203, 16 July 1809 in Sidney Township, Hastings County,6 b. 13 September 1787 in Dutchess County, New York State,6 (son of Francis Vandervoort #80204 and Hannah Acker #80205), d. 04 March 1877 in Sidney Township, Hastings County.6 21. Margaret Meyers #80148, d. c. 1838.6 . She married Peter Van Alstine #80122,3 b. 30 August 1806 in Adolphustown, Ontario,3,6 (son of Cornelius Vanalstine #80100 [Glenora Mill Owner/Operator] and Rachel Dunham #80117), d. 08 August 1840.6 Children: 48. i. George Van Alstine #80149. 49. ii. John Van Alstine #80150. 50. iii. Charles Van Alstine #80151. 51. iv. Clarinda Van Alstine #80152. 22. Alida Van Alstine #80120, b. 09 March 1803 in Ontario,3,6 d. 1874 in Athol?.8 . 1871: Lived with son Alva and family in Athol Township, widowed. She married William Scott #80132,3 b. 1796,8 d. 1863 in Athol Township?.9,8 William: Settled in Prince Edward County. Children: 6 52. i. Sarah Scott #80133. 53. ii. William Scott #80135. 54. iii. Alva Scott #93576 b. 18 February 1824. 55. iv. Peter Scott #80137. 56. v. Cornelius Scott #80138. 57. vi. Cynthia Scott #80136 b. c 1826. 23. Sarah Van Alstine #80121, b. 22 June 1804 in Adolphustown, Ontario.3,6 . She married James Scott #80139.3 James: Settled in Prince Edward County. Children: 58. i. Rachael Scott #80140. 59. ii. Maitland Scott #80141.